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| Everyone leaves traces online. It makes it difficult to forget people.
P.S. I'm thirty now.
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| I'm enjoying Camera Obscura's new album.
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Bill Simmons, an ESPN sportswriter, wrote an article about losing his dog that's worth reading.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/090122
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| January is my music month. My taste is heavily slanted towards indie rock/pop with choice selections from other genres. To facilitate "best of" obsessives with similar tastes as myself, here I present the albums/tracks of 2008 worth exploring. I have five main sources.
(1) Pitchfork Media - Their love of shitting on the mainstream turns me off, yet they always uncover new jewels.
(2) CBC Radio 3 - The Canadian music scene is so incredible. Consult this list to find some amazing, amazing music that none of your friends have heard of. Trust me.
(3) WERS Radio - Great Emerson College radio station.
(4) Spin Magazine - I've begrudgingly accepted that almost always what I like, they like.
(5) Rolling Stone - The last resource to round out the collection with some major releases I may have missed.
Top 50 Pitchfork 2008
50 Ponytail - Ice Cream Spiritual
49 Crystal Stilts - Alight of Night
48 High Places - High Places
47 The Tallest Man on Earth - Shallow Grave
46 Beach House - Devotion
45 Lykke Li - Youth Novels
44 Marnie Stern - This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So..
43 Shearwater - Rook
42 Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Lie Down in the Light
41 David Byrne and Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
40 The Very Best - Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit are the Very Best
39 Times New Viking - Rip It Off
38 The Bug - London Zoo
37 Grouper - Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill
36 Wale - The Mixtape About Nothing
35 Girl Talk - Feed the Animals
34 Arthur Russell - Love Is Overtaking Me
33 Frightened Rabbit - Midnight Organ Fight
32 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
31 Fennesz - Black Sea
30 Los Campesinos! - Hold on Now, Youngster...
29 The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
28 Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
27 Max Tundra - Parallax Error Beheads You
26 Atlas Sound - Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel
25 Titus Andronicus - The Airing of Grievances
24 Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
23 Hot Chip - Made in the Dark
22 Santogold - Santogold
21 Kanye West - 808s and Heartbreak
20 Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
19 The Walkmen - You & Me
18 The Mae Shi - HLLLYH
17 Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life
16 Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls
15 Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
14 Air France - No Way Down
13 Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
12 Lindstrøm - Where You Go I Go Too
11 Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
10 DJ/rupture - Uproot
09 Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules and Love Affair
08 M83 - Saturdays=Youth
07 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
06 TV on the Radio - Dear Science
05 Deerhunter - Microcastle / Weird Era Cont.
04 Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
03 No Age - Nouns
02 Portishead - Third
01 Fleet Foxes - Sun Giant EP/Fleet Foxes
CBC Radio 3 - Top 103 tracks of 2008 (find the albums yourself!)
1 Tokyo Police Club - Tessellate
2 Chad Van Gaalen - Willow Tree
3 Cadence Weapon - In Search Of The Youth Crew
4 Black Mountain - Stormy High
5 Kathleen Edwards - The Cheapest Key
6 Crystal Castles - Black Panther
7 Wolf Parade - Call it a Ritual
8 Stars - 14 Forever
9 Holy F*ck - Milkshake
10 Sam Roberts - Them Kids
11 Shad - The Old Prince Still Lives At Home
12 The Constantines - Our Age
13 Hayden - Where and When
14 Islands - The Arm
15 Sloan - Believe in Me
16 Elliott Brood - Without Again
17 Born Ruffians - I Need a Life
18 Plants and Animals - Bye Bye Bye
19 Destroyer - The State
20 Corb Lund Band - Horse Soldier, Horse Soldier
21 Mother Mother - Body of Years
22 Ladyhawk - I Don't Always Know What You're Saying
23 Jason Collett - Out of Time
24 Christine Fellows - The Spinster's Almanac
25 The Stills - Eastern Europe
26 Hawksley Workman - Piano Blink
27 Hey Rosetta! - Red Heart
28 Human Highway - The Sound
29 Cuff the Duke - If I Live Or if I Die
30 Women - Black Rice
31 Woodhands - Dancer
32 Laura Barrett - Wood Between Worlds
33 Matt Mays and El Torpedo - Rock Ranger Record
34 The Dears - Money Babies
35 Danny Michel - Feather, Fur and Fin
36 Metric - Help, I'm Alive
37 Sebastian Grainger and the Mountains - American Names
38 Attack in Black - Sparrow
39 Wendy McNeill - Crossing Hearts / Cutting Threads
40 The D'Urbervilles - Dragnet
41 Luke Doucet - Blood's Too Rich
42 Sweatshop Union - Time Machine
43 The Evaporators - Gassy Jack
44 Brendan Canning - Churches Under the Stairs
45 Will Currie and the Country French - Suprising Me
46 Jane Vain and the Dark Matter - C'mon Baby, Say Bang Bang
47 Snailhouse - Not Superstitious
48 Sandro Perri - Family Tree
49 Winter Gloves - Factories
50 Fembots - Good Days
51 Land of Talk - Young Bridge
52 Martha Wainwright - Bleeding All Over You
53 Bend Sinister - The Same Things
54 Final Fantasy - The Butcher
55 Young Rival - Your Island
56 The Pack AD - Blackout
57 Ohbijou - Tender Bones
58 The Wet Secrets - Hot Roller
59 Dragon Fli Empire - CGY
60 Forest City Lovers - Don't Go
61 Novillero - Life in Parenthises
62 Matthew Barber - I'm Going to Settle My Accounts…
63 Duchess Says - AEAE
64 The Awkward Stage - Hey Modern Schoolgirl
65 Kara Keith - Kick this City
66 No Kids - For Halloween
67 King Khan and the Shrines - Torture
68 Major Maker - I'm In Love
69 The Summerlad - City of Noise
70 Library Voices - Step Off the Map and Float
71 Hexes and Ohs - Looking to Fight
72 Kate Maki - Blue Morning
73 Hilotrons - Emergency Street
74 NQ Arbuckle - Postcard from Princess
75 Adam and the Amethysts - Stupid Ocean
76 Ghostkeeper - Mr. No Show
77 Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir - Go Back Home
78 Woodpigeon - Piano Pieces for Adult Beginners
79 Ruby Coast - More than Television
80 Veda Hille - Luckylucky
81 The Telepathic Butterflies - Sign of the Times
82 Jon McKiel - War On You
83 Pony Da Look - Flatlands
84 Justin Rutledge - Greenwich Time
85 Creature - Pop Culture
86 Ron Sexsmith - Ghost of a Chance
87 The Violet Archers - Sunshine at night
88 Revival Dear - Ol's in the water
89 Angela Desveaux - Sure Enough
90 Les Dales Hawerchuk - Le reel du p'tit minou
91 Blood Meridian - The burning river of guilt
92 Old Man Luedecke - Proof of Love
93 The Buttless Chaps - Coal Grey Sky
94 Boxer the Horse - Boneyard
95 Arkells - Oh, The Boss is Coming!
96 Brian Borcherdt - While I Was Asleep
97 Gonzales - Working Together
98 Jill Barber - Oh My My
99 Blind Tiger Tiger - Pastor Haggard
100 Graham Wright - When I Get There
101 The High Dials - The Holy Ground
102 Fred Eaglesmith - Sweet Corn
103 The Bicycles - Oh No, It's Love
Top 50 WERS 2008 Albums
1 Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend
2 Bon Iver For Emma Forever Ago
3 Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes
4 Radiohead In Rainbows
5 She and Him Volume One
6 Beck Modern Guilt
7 Coldplay Viva La Vida
8 Death Cab For Cutie Narrow Stairs
9 Dr. Dog Fate
10 My Morning Jacket Evil Urges
11 Conor Oberst Conor Oberst
12 David Byrne and Brian Eno Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
13 Sigur Ros Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
14 Black Keys Attack & Release
15 Ra Ra Riot The Rhumb Line
16 Jenny Lewis Acid Tongue
17 The Raconteurs Consolers of the Lonely
18 Ryan Adams and the Cardinals Cardinology
19 TV on the Radio Dear Science,
20 Thao We Brave Bee Stings And All
21 MGMT Oracular Spectacular
22 Ingrid Michaelson Be OK
23 Calexico Carried To Dust
24 Okkervil River The Stand Ins
25 Cat Power Jukebox
26 M83 Saturdays=Youth
27 Adele 19
28 Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks Real Emotional Trash
29 Sia Some People Have Real Problems
30 Ray LaMontagne Gossip In The Grain
31 Delta Spirit Ode To Sunshine
32 Department of Eagles In Ear Park
33 Kate Nash Made of Bricks
34 Jamie Lidell Jim
35 Ben Folds Way To Normal
36 Brett Dennen Hope For The Hopeless
37 Blitzen Trapper Furr
38 Portishead Third
39 The Hold Steady Stay Positive
40 Devotchka A Mad And Faithful Telling
41 The Walkmen You and Me
42 Lykke Li Youth Novels
43 Eli "Paperboy" Reed Roll With You
44 Aimee Mann Smilers
45 The Submarines Honeysuckle Weeks
46 Juliana Hatfield How To Walk away
47 Santogold Santogold
48 Duffy Rockferry
49 Elvis Costello and the Imposters Momofuku
50 Jolie Holland The Living and Dead
Top 40 Spin Magazine Albums
40 CHAIRLIFT - DOES YOU INSPIRE YOU
39 GUNS N' ROSES - CHINESE DEMOCRACY
38 OASIS - DIG OUT YOUR SOUL
37 WOLF PARADE - AT MOUNT ZOOMER
36 LYKKE LI - YOUTH NOVELS
35 THE RACONTEURS - CONSOLERS OF THE LONELY
34 MILES BENJAMIN ANTHONY ROBINSON - MILES BENJAMIN ANTHONY ROBINSON
33 EL GUINCHO - ALEGRANZA
32 THE GUTTER TWINS - SATURNALIA
31 BON IVER - FOR EMMA, FOREVER AGO
30 LUCINDA WILLIAMS - LITTLE HONEY
29 NAS & DJ GREEN LANTERN - THE NIGGER TAPE
28 METALLICA - DEATH MAGNETIC
27 THE STREETS - EVERYTHING IS BORROWED
26 R.E.M. - ACCELERATE
25 DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE - NARROW STAIRS
24 DUFFY - ROCKFERRY
23 KATE NASH - MADE OF BRICKS
22 BLACK KIDS - PARTIE TRAUMATIC
21 KINGS OF LEON - ONLY BY THE NIGHT
20 GNARLS BARKLEY - THE ODD COUPLE
19 OKKERVIL RIVER - THE STAND INS
18 NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS - DIG!!! LAZARUS DIG!!!
17 THE ROOTS - RISING DOWN
16 MY MORNING JACKET - EVIL URGES
15 BECK - MODERN GUILT
14 VAMPIRE WEEKEND - VAMPIRE WEEKEND
13 NO AGE - NOUNS
12 ERYKAH BADU - NEW AMERYKAH PT. 1: 4TH WORLD WAR
11 ELBOW - THE SELDOM SEEN KID
10 MGMT - ORACULAR SPECTACULAR
9 COLDPLAY - VIVA LA VIDA
8 HOT CHIP - MADE IN THE DARK
7 DEERHUNTER - MICROCASTLE
6 SANTOGOLD - SANTOGOLD
5 FLEET FOXES - FLEET FOXES
4 FUCKED UP - THE CHEMISTRY OF COMMON LIFE
3 PORTISHEAD - THIRD
2 LIL WAYNE - THA CARTER III
1 TV ON THE RADIO - DEAR SCIENCE
Top 50 2008 Rolling Stone Albums
1 | TV on the Radio: Dear Science
2 | Bob Dylan: Tell Tale Signs — The Bootleg
Series Vol. 8
3 | Lil Wayne: Tha Carter III
4 | My Morning Jacket: Evil Urges
5 | John Mellencamp: Life, Death, Love
and Freedom
6 | Santogold: Santogold
7 | Coldplay: Viva la Vida or
Death and All His Friends
8 | Beck: Modern Guilt
9 | Metallica: Death Magnetic
10 | Vampire Weekend: Vampire Weekend
11 | Fleet Foxes: Fleet Foxes
12 | Guns n' Roses: Chinese Democracy
13 | Blitzen Trapper: Furr
14 | Ryan Adams and the Cardinals: Cardinology
15 | The Black Keys: Attack & Release
16 | Randy Newman: Harps and Angels
17 | B.B. King: One Kind Favor
18 | Lucinda Williams: Little Honey
19 | Erykah Badu: New Amerykah: Part 1
(4th World War)
20 | Kings of Leon: Only by the Night
21 | Kaiser Chiefs: Off With Their Heads
22 | Jackson Browne: Time the Conquerer
23 | Conor Oberst: Conor Oberst
24 | Girl Talk: Feed the Animals
25 | The Magnetic Fields: Distortion
26 | Mudcrutch: Mudcrutch
27 | Brian Wilson: That Lucky Old Sun
28 | The Knux: Remind Me in Three Days...
29 | Bon Iver: For Emma, Forever Ago
30 | Duffy: Rockferry
31 | MGMT: Oracular Spectacular
32 | Jamey Johnson: The Lonesome Song
33 | Ne-Yo: Year of the Gentleman
34 | Stephen Malkmus: Real Emotional Trash
35 | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Dig,
Lazarus, Dig!!!
36 | The Hold Steady: Stay Positive
37 | Nine Inch Nails: The Slip
38 | Ra Ra Riot: The Rhumb Line
39 | Taylor Swift: Fearless
40 | Jonas Brothers: A Little Bit Longer
41 | AC/DC: Black Ice
42 | David Byrne and Brian Eno: Everything
That Happens Will Happen Today
43 | Nas: Untitled
44 | The Raconteurs: Consolers of the Lonely
45 | Be Your Own Pet: Get Awkward
46 | The Academy Is...: Fast Times at Barrington High
47 | Of Montreal: Skeletal Lamping
48 | Raphael Saadiq: The Way I See It
49 | Hot Chip: Made in the Dark
50 | No Age: Nouns
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| Barack Obama won.
I read both of his books this year. Words to express my impression of him: Authentic. Thoughtful. Capable. Intelligent. Compassionate... and yes, Hopeful.
After he had spoken about five sentences of his acceptance speech, I began to feel my attitudes towards this county shift. It was physical and emotional. This was the moment I was cheated of 8 years ago.
He is limited by the political machinery that will grind around him, but it is reassuring to have someone I believe in at the controls.
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